- Maisie's café trip with Sir Claude turns into an epic walk around Boulogne.
- Sir Claude asks Maisie to "sacrifice" Mrs. Wix and live instead with him and Mrs. Beale (XXX.71).
- Surprised and afraid, Maisie thinks it over.
- Maisie asks to see Mrs. Wix before she makes a final decision.
- Sir Claude reminds Maisie that he and Mrs. Beale now occupy the place of her parents.
- Maisie reminds him that she brought him and Mrs. Beale together.